Brush attachment for shaver



June 21, 1955 J. T. SCULLY BRUSH ATTACHMENT FOR SHAVER Filed Dec. 12,1949 3 Sheets-Sheet l F'iE'J FIE-.2

INVENTOR:

June 21, 1955 SCULLY 2,711,015

BRUSH ATTACHMENT FOR SHAVER Filed Dec. 12, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIE-.7

1N VENTOR.

June 21, 1955 J. T. SCULLY 2,711,015

BRUSH ATTACHMENT FOR SHAVER Filed Dec. 12, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 UnitedStates Patent BRUSH ATTACltfl/IENT FOR SHAVER John T. Scully, New York,N. Y.

Application December 12, 1949, Serial No. 132,547

7 Claims. (Cl. 3034) My invention relates to a skin stretcher for anelectric dry shaver.

An object of my invention is to provide a skin stretching and hairraising brush mounted adjacent and parallel to the cutter head of anelectric shaver. The brush contacts the area to be shaved in advance ofthe cutter head for removing foreign matter such as soot, grit, andsand; for brushing the hairs to cause them to stand up so as tocorrectly enter the cutter head; and for stretching the skin in the areato be shaved. A brush may be provided on both sides of the cutter headso that the skin stretching and brushing will be accomplished regardlessof the direction of movement of the cutter head in the shaving operationand so that both brushes will simultaneously brush the skin to removeforeign matter and will also act as guards, both in advance of and inthe rear of the cutter head, to prevent damage to the skin in instanceswhere the cutter head may be pressed hard against the area being shaved.The brushes may be pivotally mounted or may be slidably mounted on thehandle of the shaver for movement away from an operative positionadjacent the cutter head to an inoperative position away from the cutterhead to expose the head during certain desired portions of the shavingoperation.

The above objects and others which will hereinafter become apparent areattained by the means shown in the accompanying drawing and describedherein with reference to the drawing, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view, in elevation, of a shaver embodying the inventionin one form, the shaver being shown slightly tilted axially, head endup, and with parts broken away to show parts in elevation and parts insection. Fig. 2 is a horizontal view of the same side of the shaver withparts shown in changed positions and with parts broken away to showparts in section and a part in elevation. Fig. 3 is a side end verticalview of the shaver shown in Fig. 2 with the brushes positioned alongsidethe cutter head and with the easing broken away, and shown in alongitudinal section taken in a plane spaced upward towards the readerfrom the vibrator motor, to show interior parts in elevation and insection, and with a brush mount part shown in section. Fig. 4 is anenlarged fragmentary elevational top view of a detail part. Fig. 5 is arear elevational view of a part. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of amodification of a part. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary side elevation of amodification of parts. Fig. 8 is a side end view, with parts shown insection and with parts broken way to show other parts in elevation andin section, of the modification shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a fragmentarytop view of a modification in end construction of the part shown in Fig.4. Fig. 10 is a top elevational view of a modification of a part. Fig.11 is a side elevational View of a modification of shaver incorporatingparts shown in Figs. 9 and 10. Fig. 12 is a fragmentary side end View ofthe shaver shown in Fig. 11, and with parts broken away to show parts inelevation and in section. Fig. 13 is a fragmentary side elevation of theshaver shown in Fig. 1 and equipped with a modification of parts. Fig.14 is a side end view of the parts shown in Fig. 13 with the shaverturned axially to the left and with the position of one brush changed.Fig. 15 is an enlarged fragmentary view, partly elevational and partlysectional, illustrating details of parts shown in Figs. 13 and 14. Fig.16 is an enlarged front side elevation, with parts broken off,illustrating a further modification in the brush mount parts for theshaver shown in Figs. 1, 7 or 13. Fig. 17 is a side end view, partly inelevation and partly in section, of the modification shown in Fig. 16,the sectional view being taken along line 17--17 of Fig. 16. Fig. 18 isa side end view of the modification shown in Fig. 16, this View beingsectional along line 1818 of Fig. 16 and looking in the directionopposite to the view of Fig. 17. Fig. 19 is a front side elevationalview illustrating a further modification in brush mount parts adaptablefor the shaver shown in Figs. 1, 7 or 13. Fig. 20 is a fragmentary rearand upside down view, with parts omitted, of the brush mount shown inFig. 19. Fig. 21 is a top elevational view of the brush mount shown inFig. 19 with a part broken away and shown in section to illustratedetails of parts and with parts, shown in Fig. 19, omitted in this viewfor clarity in illustration of other parts.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Reference is made to my co-pending application for improvement in BrushAttachments for Shavers, Serial Number l20,783, filed October 11, 1949.

Referring more particularly to the drawing and, first, to Figs. 1 to 5inclusive:

The shaver may be any one of the well known types readily available onthe commercial market. For the purpose of illustration, the type ofshaver having an electric motor enclosed in a two part handle casing 20,21 with a cutter head 28 removably attached to one end of the handlecasing has been shown, however the invention is not limited to use withthis particular type of shaver.

Mounted on the casing of the shaver, on opposite sides thereof, are hairraising brushes designated 33 and of substantially cylindrical segmentalshape in crosssection and having radial flexible bristles 34 secured byand between the strands of twisted wire, in the well known manner of thecommon wire twisted brush. At opposite ends of twisted wire portions 35of brush 33 are fastening loops 36. Brushes 33 are secured to brushmounts 38 having brush supporting members 39 in the form of generallyU-shaped rigid steel frames having spaced cylindrical arms 40 whichextend substantially parallel to each other and a cross-portion 41 whichis, preferably, flattened on opposite sides throughout its centralportion. The arms 40 may be covered by rubber sleeves 40a diametricallystretched thereon and extending upward at least to a height flush withor higher than the end faces of the arms. At their upper ends arms 40have threaded holes 42; for receiving fastening screws 43 which areadapted to extend through loops 36 of brushes 33 to detachably retainthe brushes on the brush mounts 38. Mounts 38 are in the form of steelhinges having upper and lower sections 45 and 46, respectively,connected by bars 4-7 in the well known manner. Support members 39 aresecured on upper sections 45 as by spot welding 43 and above thecross-portions 41 catch bars 49 having flat sides and rounded uppersides 4% are secured to the outer faces of hinge sections 45 as by spotWeiding 50. Catch bars 49 coact with ends 51 of spring steel members 52secured to hinge sections 46 on the rear faces thereof by tubular rivets53. Lower hin sections 46 have elongated holes 54 through whichfastening screws 55 extend into the easing into threaded engagement withinternal wall post portions 56 provided on each section of the casing topermit the user to adjust the mounts 38 upwardly relatively to theshearing head when the bristles of the brushes have been worn down or ininstances where the user may have stiffened the bristles by purposelyreducing their lengths, as may be done by removing the brushes from themounts and revolving them against the operating shearing head, and alsoto permit the user to adjust the mounts downwardly in instances wherebrushes of initially larger bristle radius may be commercially presentedfor use. Upper hinge sections 45 carrying brush support members 39 arerelatively movable away from the shearing head to expose the sides ofthe latter to view and for sideburns trimming, mustache trimming and thelike. The brushes are releasably locked firmly in position alongside theshearing head by the interlocking engagement of bars 49 and resilientcatch members 52. To move one or both brushes away from the shearinghead, arms 40 of support member 39 are seized by the users fingers andpulled outwardly to disengage the catch bars and spring catches. Asshown herein (Figs. 2 and 3), the brushes are shown properly positionedrelatively to the shearing head with the flexible bristles 34 laterallyspaced away opposite the sides of the shearing head to prevent thebristles from entering and blocking the hair receiving openings in theouter shear member or engaging any comb portions of the combing andshearing bars thereof; at the same time the bristles extend high enoughrelatively to the shearing head to cause the bristles to be flexed whenthe brushes and the shearing head are in simultaneous engagement withthe skin during the shaving operation. I have found that brushes havinga bristle formation formed on a radius of approximately five-sixteenthsof an inch, or in cases of fully cylindrical brushes a diameter ofapproximately five-eighths of an inch, and having the bristles formedfrom the mane of the animal horse are suitable for all the purposesherein set forth and are suitably non-irritating to the users skin.While these are the brushes herein shown and described, I wish it to beunderstood that I may use a brush or brushes appreciably larger orsmaller and having any suitable bristles, natural or synthetic, forcommercial presentation.

It will be clear that the user may employ any segmental portion of thebrushes, using the shaver casing as a handle, to brush dust, grit andthe like out of his beard and off the skin before starting relativemovement of the shear-cutting members, or he may save time by performingthe brushing of his beard and skin simultaneously with the shavingoperation by the simultaneous travel on the skin of the brushes and theshearing head and remove damaging foreign matter out of the path of thecutters while, at the same time, the hairs of the beard will be brushedup from the skin to facilitate their entrance into the hair receivingopenings of the shearing head, to increase the opportunity of thecombing portions of the outer shear member to comb hairs into saidopenings, and, further, the skin will be tautened for closer shaving. Inthis operation, hairs which are bent backward to their direction ofgrowth by their engagement with the brush bristles, and according towhich of the opposite directions the shaver is moved in on the skin,will, upon release from the bristles, spring back through the spacebetween the ends of the bristles, which are flexed on the skin, and theshearing head in the direction towards the shearing head in an effort toresume their original positions and, consequently, these beard hairs canenter the openings in the shearing head in their most erect positionsand at the same time while the very localized area of skin surroundingany given of such hairs is a part of the tautened skin area and,thereby, improve the closeness of the shave. Since short hairs will bereleased more quickly and will spring back faster than long hairs, thedaily user of the shaver can catch his short beard hairs in their mosterect positions and at the same time speed up the time required for hisshave by moving the shaver faster on his skin than normally; and anybackwardly bent long hairs whose ends may still be engaged by the brushbristles will present released arched portions, equivalent for shavingpurposes to erect hairs, in the said space for entrance into theopenings of the shearing head, and curled hairs will be uncurledsufficiently, or entirely, for entrance into the openings of theshearing headv In moving the shaver faster on the skin than is thenormal practice, the users skin is guarded against injury by the cuttersor irritation or damage by the outer ends of the combing and shearingbars of the outer shear member by the brush bristles serving as skinguards at both the leading and trailing sides of the shearing head,irrespective of which of the opposite directions the shearing head ismoved in on the skin.

For replacement of the working bristle portions at the tops of thebrushes, screws 43 can be unfastenerl and the brushes endwise reversed,by turning upside down, and fastened again on the arms of support member39; similarly, the brushes may be interchanged or renewed.

The hair raising brushes may be presented in fully cylindrical form asshown in Fig. 6 in which brush 3311 has a fully cylindrical formation ofbristles 34a, the diameter being properly related to the distance whichthe supporting arms for the brushes are spaced outwardly on the shaver.In other respects, brush 33a is of similar construction as brushes 33.

In the modification shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the brush mounts arefastened on the shaver casing by relatively long screws on one sidewhich serve also as upper casing fasteners connecting sections 20a and21a t0 gether and on the opposite side by short screws connected tomodified section 21a. On the outer faces of the lower sections of thehinges, blocks 76 are secured, as by spot welding, with thescrew-receiving, elongated holes 77 in registration with the elongatedholes in the lower hinge sections proper. Carried by the shanks of thefastening screws, between the rear faces of the lower sections of thehinges and the outer surface of the casing, spacing washers of suitablyflexible and durable rubber are interposed to space the brush mountsoutwardly from the casing surface sufficiently to compensate for therelative increase upwadly, towards the head of the shaver, of the brushmount fastening locations and, also, to compensate for the inwardcurvatures of the outer surfaces of the casing sections toward the headof the shaver. Washers 78 are sufiiciently compressible, deformable andthick to enable their inner faces to be conformed to the curvature orinclination of the casing outer surface and their outer faces to beconformed to the rear faces of the lower sections of the hinges by beingclamped therebetween, and, thus tightly clamped, the washers providegood backing for suitable steadiness of the brush mounts. To furthercompensate for this modified fastening location of the brush mounts, theupper sections of the hinges and the spring steel catch members 52a aremade shorter, and the upper rounded edges or sides of cross-portions 41aof support members 3% serve as the catch bars coactive with springmembers 52a to releasably lock the brushes in position alongside theshearing head. Brushes 33]) are fully cylindrical. In other respects,the shaver is the same as shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

In the modification of the wire portions of the brushes shown in Fig. 9,the twisted wire portions 350 may be made, in manufacture, suflicientlylong, at opposite ends of the bristle formations, to be bent intofastening loops 360 of twisted wire, and, to compensate for the increasein thickness of the loops, the arms of the brush support members may bemade shorter, or the brush mounts may be fastened lowered, by virtue oftheir elongated screw-receiving holes.

In Figs. 10, 11 and 12, a modification in the brush mounts is shown inwhich oppositely disposed brush support members 3% are provided withgenerally rectangular arms 40b and rectangular cross-portions 41b;threaded screw fastening holes 42b are located in the arms approximatelyas shown (Fig. Support members 3% are transversely connected byflexible, resilient, sponge rubber strips 79 on opposite ends of themembers. Strips 79 have rough surfaces affording suitable grippingqualities for shaver casing polished surfaces of streamline shapes andare made from the commercially well known rug non-skid sponge rubbermanufactured by the Dupont de Nemours Company. The opposite ends ofstrips '79 are folded as shown (Fig. 10) to provide multiple layerfastening end loops 8% internally receiving the arms b of supportmembers 39b in a snug fit. All layers of loops 80, throughout their faceareas, are securely cemented to each other. The rear faces 81 of loops80 serve as cushion abutment faces to engage against the shaver. InFigs. 11 and 12, this brush mount is shown positioned on a modificationof shaver, the shaver being a well known multiple shearing head shaverhaving three cutter heads 28b of the round type wherein transverselyslotted cylindrical inner cutters are longitudinally reciprocated tocooperate with shearing elements formed by transverse side slots andcentral openings in the outer shear members. The brush mount is fittedon the shaver with strips '79 stretched lengthwise causing faces 81 ofloops 80 to bear against the shaver. The rear faces of arms 4012 areindented, as indicated by 84, to provide upper and lower projecting armshoulders spaced one above the other. These indented arm faces and thespaced shoulders of the mount permit proper and firm seating against theshaver of the rubber covered arms of the brush support members withoutinterference of easing curvature or corrugations. Whenever it is desiredto expose one side or the other of the shearing head end of the shaver,either of fully cylindrical hair raising brushes 33:: may be pulleddownward on the corresponding side of the shaver and released in theposition indicated by the dotted outline 86. To remove the attachmentfrom the shaver, one brush support member or the other, or both, may bepulled outwardly by further stretching strips 79 and then lifting theattachment over the head end of the shaver. This shaver has a two parthandle casing 29b and 21b. Either of the brushes 330 may be adjusted, upor down, to vary the height to which the bristles may extend relativelyto the shearing heads for simultaneous travel therewith on the skin, tovary the pressure of the bristles on the skin by varying the extent towhich they are flexed by their engagement with the skin during suchtravel, or to vary the pressure on parts of the face or neck which mayhave different degrees of tenderness, or to vary the height toaccommodate the brushes to the shearing heads to compensate for theangle at which the user may prefer to hold the shaver to the skin forshaving various parts of the face or neck. Further, it will be clearthat the user may, by pressing cross-portions 41b inwardly anddownwardly towards the handle casing, cause the brushes to be tilted orrocked laterally outwardly away from the shearing heads to widen thespaces between the formations of bristles of the brushes and thehair-receiving zones of the side shearing heads for the purpose ofproviding better opportunity for a longer hair or the hairs of a heardof longer growth to enter the side heads in an erect position. In thistilting or rocking action, the lower shoulders 85 of arms port member inthe brackets.

40b serve as heels on which support members 3% are rocked and when theuser releases the cross-portions, the brushes will be pulled back totheir initial positions by the resilient action of the elastic bandstrips 79.

In the modification shown in Figs. l3, l4 and 15, the upper sections 45bof the hinges of the brush mounts are fastened to the casing spacedoutwardly therefrom by rubber washers 78a. On the front faces ofsections 45b spaced blocks 76a, Wedge shape or triangular in section,are secured to sections 45b by spot welding or may be secured by anyother suitable means. Also on the front faces of hinge sections 45b arerivetted the spring members 52b. Lower hinge sections 46b carry thebrush support members, the cross-portions 410 of which are provided withlongitudinally extending flat face portions 87 to which the bentmarginal outer edges 88 of the outer and narrowed portions of the lowerhinge sections are secured by a suitable number of screws 89 screwedinto sockets provided in the cross-portions 410 of the support members.Cross-portions 41c are, otherwise, of cylindrical segment shape incross-section and coact with catches 51b to releasably lock brushes 33a!in position alongside the sides of the shearing head. In other respects,the shaver is similar to the shaver shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

In the brush mount modification shown in Figs. 16, 17 and 18, the brushsupport member is cylindrical in crosssection and is carried on a rigidplate 90 by means of rigid brackets 91 having oppositely disposedflanges riveted to the plate by upper rivets 92 and lower rivets 93. Thebrush support member is pivotally turnable in the brackets. Pins 94,projecting from the cross-portion of the support member, cooperate withthe brackets to substantially prevent longitudinal movement of the sup-In its central portion the outer side of the cross-portion is providedwith a suitably deep slot 95 to receive a catch bar 96 and to provide anindented flat face against which the catch bar 96 is fastened by smallscrews received in threaded holes in the cross-portion of the supportmember, the heads of the screws being in countersunk portions of theholes to avoid projecting outwardly on bar 96. Spring members 52c and52d are riveted on plate 90, on the outer face thereof, for coactionwith the rounded outer or top edge of bar 96 to releasably lock thesupport member turned up or down. As shown herein, the support member isin the up position to position a hair raising brush alongside theshearing head of the shaver, the arms of the support member beingsubstantially parallel to plate 90. When the support member is turneddownwardly, bar 96 will engage into groove 97 (see Fig. 17) of springmember 52d which groove, in this member, is located further outwardlyfrom plate 90 than is the positioning groove in member 520 with theresult that in its down position the brush support member is releasablylocked with the arms inclined outwardly from the plate to avoidinterference with the support member or with the brush by blocks 76b. Insome instances, for commercial application to other types of shaver,these brush mounts may be provided with the bottoms of plates 90 cut offalong line (3-0 (Fig. 16) and for upper rivets 92 screws may be providedto fasten the mounts on the shaver casing. The plate fastening screwswhich carry washers 73b are not shown.

In the brush mount modification shown in Figs. 19, 20 and 21, the brushsupporting member is mounted slidably movable up or down on plate 9011with the arms of the member slidable in rigid guiding brackets 91a whichare riveted to the plate on the front face thereof. Vertically spacedand aligned support member positioning, cylindrical holes 98 and 99 areprovided in the plate. The brush support member carries a retractablepin 10!) which extends through a hole centrally in the cross-portion ofthe member and, at its inner end, the pin terminates in a small ball endwhich fits closely in either hole 98 or hole 99. The outer end of pin100 extends outwardly of the cross-portion of the support member and onthis outer end is secured a relatively larger ball 102. Ball end 101 ofthe pin is spring pressed into either hole 98 or hole 99 by curvedspring 103 which is secured to flat rear face 104 of the otherwisecylindrical, in crosssection, brush support member by screws 105 screwedinto the cross-portion. Spring 103 is bifurcated to provide slot 106which receives pin 100 but is too narrow for ball end 101 to passthrough. To move the support member downward from the position shown inFig. to the position indicated by the dotted outline, ball end 102 isseized by the users fingers and pulled outwardly to withdraw ball end101 from hole 93 against the opposing action of spring 103, which latterbecomes flattened toward the cross-portion, and the support member isthen moved downwardly until the ball end 101 of the pin is snapped intohole 99 by spring 103. In this instance, the rear faces of triangularblocks 76c are of suitable inclination to permit the support member tobe moved downwardly the indicated distance. In some instances whereblocks 76c may be unnecessary, it will be obvious that if the userinadvertently holds the pin in outwardly drawn position, the brush wirebridging from one support arm to the other will stop the support memberfrom falling out of brackets 91a.

The brush mounts shown in Figs. 16 and 19 are adapted for fastening onthe type of shaver shown in Fig. 13 and, obviously, may be adapted forshavers of the type shown in Fig. 11, subject to minor changes inproportions.

In using the word bristles" in the claims, I wish it to be understoodnot in the narrow sense as connoting only hairs and only hairs derivedfrom animals or plants, but to include, also, any other natural orsynthetic material suitable for brushing the beard and skin of a personin the manner and for the purposes which have hereinbefore beendescribed; and, in using the word brush or the word brushes in theclaims, I wish it also to be understood as not being limited to aninstrument composed of hair bristles, but to include, also, aninstrument composed of any other material, natural or synthetic, infilament, or threadlike, or fibrelike form, which is arranged as arebristles in the ordinary brush and which material and its arrangementare suitable for brushing the beard and the skin of a person in themanner and for the purposes which have hereinbelore been described.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. In a shaver of the dry shaving class, in combination, a handlesupporting hair-shearing means movable sidewise on the skin inalternately opposite directions to shear-cut hair, hair raising, beardand skin brushing and skin guarding brushes on the shaver spaced by saidhair-shearing means thereof and having flexible bristles adapted toengage the skin alongside the opposite sides of said hair-shearing meansin simultaneous travel on said skin together with said hair-shearingmeans in said opposite directions during the shaving operation, andmeans supporting one of said brushes on the shaver for retraction fromsaid hair-shearing means to expose one of said opposite sides thereof.

2. In a shaver of the dry shaving class, in combination, a handlesupporting hair-shearing means movable on the skin in alternatelyopposite directions to shear-cut hair, hair raising, beard and skinbrushing and skin guarding brushes on the shaver spaced by saidhair-shearing means thereof and provided with flexible bristles havingfree ends adapted to engage the skin alongside the opposite sides ofsaid hair-shearing means in simultaneous travel on said skin togetherwith said hair-shearing means in said opposite directions during theshaving operation, and means supporting each of said brushes on theshaver for independent retraction from said hair-shearing means toexpose either or both of said opposite sides thereof.

3. In a shaver of the dry shaving class, in combination,

a shearing head, a handle supporting the shearing head, a hair raisingbrush having a series of flexible bristles adapted to engage the skinalongside a side of the shearing head in simultaneous travel on saidskin together with said head as said head is engaged on the skin in the:,=having operation and is moved on the skin in the direction in whichsaid brush is in advance of said head, means supporting said brush onthe shaver movable towards said head to position said series of bristlesof said brush alongside said side of said shearing head for saidsimultaneous travel on said skin together with said head or movable awayfrom said side of said head to expose said side thereof, and means forreleasably and automatically locking the brush positioned with saidseries of flexible bristles thereof disposed alongside said side of saidhead when the brush is moved into operative position forsaidsimultaneous travel on the skin.

4. In a shaver of the dry shaving class, in combination, a shearinghead, a handle supporting the shearing head, a hair raising brush havinga series of flexible bristles adapted to engage the skin alongside aside of said shearing head in simultaneous travel on said skin togetherwith said head as said head is engaged on the skin in the shavingoperation and is moved on the skin in the direction in which said brushis in advance of said head, means supporting said brush on the shavermovable toward said head to position said series of bristles of saidbrush alongside said side of said shearing head for said simultaneoustravel on the skin together with said head or movable away from saidside of said head to expose said side thereof, means for releasably andautomatically locking the brush positioned with said series of flexiblebristles thereof disposed alongside said side of said head when thebrush is moved into operative position for said simultaneous travel onthe skin, and means in said means supporting the brush for varying theheight of said brush relatively to said head for said simultaneoustravel on the skin of said head and said series of bristles of saidbrush.

5. In a shaver of the dry shaving class, in combination, a shearinghead, a handle supporting the shearing head, a hair raising brush havinga series of flexible bristles adapted to engage the skin alongside aside of said shearing head in simultaneous travel on said skin togetherwith said head as said head is engaged on the skin in the shavingoperation and is moved on the skin in the direction in which said brushis in advance of said head, means supporting said brush on the shavermovable towards said head to position said series of bristles of saidbrush alongside said side of said shearing head for said simultaneoustravel on said skin together with said head or movable away from saidside of said head to expose said side thereof, means for releasably andautomatically locking the brush positioned with said series of flexiblebristles thereof disposed alongside said side of said head when thebrush is moved into operative position for said simultaneous travel onthe skin, means for releasably and auto' matically locking the brushpositioned moved away from said side of said head to expose said sidethereof, and adjustable means in said means supporting the brush forvarying the height of said brush relatively to said head for saidsimultaneous travel on the skin of said head and said series of bristlesof said brush.

6. An attachment for a dry shaver, comprising a supporting member, abrush-holding member, a hair raising brush secured to said brush-holdingmember and having a series of flexible bristles adapted for engaging andtravelling on the skin simultaneously with the shearing head of the dryshaver, means movably mounting the brushholding member on saidsupporting member for relative movement thereto to position the brusheither moved up or moved down relatively to said supporting memberwhereby the brush may be positioned with said series of bristles thereofdisposed alongside a side of the shearing head or retracted from saidhead to expose said side thereof, the supporting member and thebrush-holding 9 member having means coactive for releasably andautomatically locking said brush-holding member positioned with saidseries of bristles of the brush disposed alongside said side of theshearing head, and means for fastening the supporting member on the dryshaver.

7. An attachment for a dry shaver, comprising a supporting plate havingspaced, elongated, fastener-receiving openings, a brush-holding member,a hair raising brush secured to said brush-holding member and having aseries of flexible bristles adapted for engaging and travelling on theskin simultaneously with the shearing head of the dry shaver, meansmovably mounting the brush-holding member on said supporting plate forrelative movement thereto to position the brush either moved up or moveddown relatively to said supporting plate whereby the brush may bepositioned with said series of bristles thereof disposed alongside aside of the shearing head or retracted from said head to expose saidside thereof, the supporting plate having spaced means coactive with thebrush-holding member for releasably and automatically locking saidbrush-holding member moved to either the up or down position on saidsupporting plate, said openings of said supporting plate being adaptedfor adjusting the height of said plate on the dry shaver relatively tothe shearing head thereof for varying the height of the brushholdingmember relatively to said head for said simultaneous travel on the skinof said head and said series of bristles of the brush, and fastenermembers to engage into said openings of said plate to fasten the plateon the dry shaver.

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